I.
noun
1 animal
ADJECTIVE
▪ baby
VERB + SEAL
▪ hunt
▪ club
▪
The ad criticized hunters for clubbing baby ~s.
▪ cull ( esp. BrE )
▪
Environmentalists claim there is no reason to cull ~s.
SEAL + VERB
▪ bask
SEAL + NOUN
▪ pup
▪ colony
▪ cull ( esp. BrE )
▪ hunt
2 for a document
ADJECTIVE
▪ wax
▪
an official-looking letter with a wax ~
▪ presidential ( esp. AmE ), privy ( BrE ), royal
VERB + SEAL
▪ break
▪
He broke the ~ and opened the envelope.
PHRASES
▪ a/the sb's ~ of approval
▪
Her report was given the ~ of approval by senior management.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , properly , tightly , well
▪
The containers must be carefully ~ed so that no air can get in.
▪ completely
▪
The unit is completely ~ed.
▪ virtually
▪ effectively
▪ hermetically
▪
a hermetically ~ed container
▪ away , in , off , up
▪
Police ~ed off the area.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The nuclear plant would be effectively ~ed off from the world.
▪ with
▪
He ~ed the bag tightly with tape.
Seal is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ border , ↑ chamber , ↑ crack , ↑ deal , ↑ edge , ↑ envelope , ↑ exit , ↑ fate , ↑ game , ↑ gap , ↑ jar , ↑ joint , ↑ letter , ↑ meat , ↑ opening , ↑ victory